#A68E21#A68E21

#A68E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.124 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68E21
RGB	rgb(166, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, -2.18, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 56.69, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0125 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.124 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6748, 27.5642, 5.4066)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68E21 #2139A6

analogous

#A64C21 #A68E21 #7CA621

triadic

#A68E21 #21A68E #8E21A6

tetradic

#A68E21 #21A64C #2139A6 #A6217C

square

#A68E21 #21A64C #2139A6 #A6217C

split-complementary

#A68E21 #217CA6 #4C21A6

monochromatic

#40370D #736217 #A68E21 #D6B72F #E0C962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A68E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#A68E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68E21

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68E21	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.124 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae66',
    500: '#a68e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68e21;
$custom-light: #c5ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65011,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68E21

secondary

#5E71C5

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68E21

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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